GTA 5 ULTIMATE BUS DRIVING SIMULATOR

The Bus is depicted as a large, squared vehicle with enough room for multiple passengers, and is normally associated with public transport for each city it appears. Despite the Grand Theft Auto games being set in large, bustling urban environments with a major public transport infrastructure, the Bus is one of the series' rarest vehicles, although they were later very common in Grand Theft Auto V.

All buses only allow one person to board and alight at a time.

2D Universe
In the first Grand Theft Auto, the Bus is based on a 1979-1989 International Harvester S-Series. The Bus may appear with three different schemes, which the latter two are not spawned in traffic:

In Liberty City, it spawns in a traditional "School Bus" scheme, with a yellow color and "SCHOOL" letters on the roof. A hatch can be seen as well.
In San Andreas, it spawns in a green/red color, with "JESUS" letters and a holy cross emblem.
In Vice City, it spawns in a brighter yellow color with a shield emblem on top, being either a high school bus or a bus for some kind of sports team.
In Grand Theft Auto 2, the Bus resembles an "old look"-style transit bus (quite similar to the GM Scenicruiser) and can be found picking up/dropping off passengers at various bus stops within each of the three districts. The Bus only drives on the outer lane of the 'main' roads and is set to spawn in white with brown roof stripe and sides.

Even if the player steals the Bus, passengers will still enter/exit if the player stops at a bus stop. There are 2 missions revolving around transporting passengers. The Bus is absent from the PlayStation version.

3D Universe
In Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories the Bus retains the "school bus" design featured in the first GTA (and in the early development of GTA III), featuring a very generic design and taking styling from a wide range of decades. The shape of the hood resembles a 1980s International Harvester S-Series; its slanted side windows may be inspired by the old GM New Look Bus or Flxible New Look bus; the rear is rounded similar to most '40s and '50s bus designs.

The Bus is depicted with inward-gliding doors on either side (an unusual layout for a commercial transport vehicle), and may spawn with a variety of colors with a permanent grey secondary color (the portion around the windows is always a darker shade of yellow).

In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the bus takes on a different appearance, strongly resembling an MCI MC-8. It is depicted with almost the same size and profile as the Coach, but distinguished by the circular headlamps, simplistic window layout and square rear lights. The vehicle is always set to spawn in a grey body and white rear portion; the actual color combinations are the stripes running from the roof and towards the rear, where the upper stripe receives the primary color and the lower stripe the secondary. Like the Coach, it can carry the driver and seven passengers. Buses in GTA San Andreas are operated by Canny Bus Group.

Grand Theft Auto IV
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Ads appearing on the Bus in GTA IV.

The vehicle's front bumper, front tow hooks, headlight and front indicator setup, doors, roof ventilation, and side trims resemble those found on the Orion V and VI buses utilized by the MTA. The grille location and style is similar to that of 1986 Flxible Metro buses. The rear louvre-style vents above the engine bay resemble those found on the 1982 GMD Classic and 2006 Millennium Transit Services RTS buses buses also utilized by the MTA during the 1990s. The use of slanted windows along the sides of the bus is homogeneous to the popular GM New Look "Fishbowl" series of buses, popular in the US between the early 1960s and mid 1990s. Its default green/grey color scheme is also similar to that used on the New York Transit Authority New Look buses during the 1960s[1]; the primary color influencing the bulk of the vehicle, while the secondary color is applied as mid and lower stripes running the entire length of the bus.

The Bus is depicted as a long, modern-looking city bus with an extended roof, which fall under the management of Liberty City Transport Authority (LTA), and are further stamped with "The Fox" labels, in line with the LTA's association of the Liberty City's tramway with another animal ("The Pigeon").

A destination board can be seen above the windshield, which reads "B84 Liberty City" permanently. A smaller destination on the rear is also present, bus is permanently blank. The bus also lacks a rear license plate. Side-mounted advertising boards for America's Next Top Hooker and Anna Rex, or ZiT and 72 may spawn. LTA and LCTD markings are present on all sides of the vehicle, including their tagline "Here, There, Everywhere", present on the front and the roof. The vehicle's nickname, "The Fox", is marked on the rear quarter panels. A "How's my driving" label is also present on the rear engine cover, with a number (555-555-555) and text service (LCTD-BUS) present. The vehicle's manufacturer, Brute, is badged on the rear, alongside markings for its supercharged 5000cc diesel engine.

Despite the Bus featuring 13 physical seats, only 4 passengers can ride the bus.

Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the Bus bears some similarities in details with the GTA IV version, albeit with a red and white livery.

Grand Theft Auto V and Online
In Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, the Bus resembles two NABI buses: the 40-LFW and the CompoBus. The back is based on a GMC RTS and the front is loosely similar to the New Flyer DE40LFR or a Orion VII NG.

The vehicle retains the general shape from GTA IV, but with an even longer body and wheelbase, as well as a smaller roof extension. The buses fall under the management of Los Santos Transit.

In terms of detailing, the front of the vehicle is even more predominated by the windshield, while the front bumper is slightly larger. A set of circular headlights and turn signals can be seen on the outer edges, along with a destination board above the windshield set to "DOWNTOWN".

The sides are mostly generic, featuring black trims around the windows and the front outward-gliding door (aling with the unused "exit" door, which lacks glass panes on the lower sides). It no longer features ad textures on the middle section, leaving only the company's markings.

The rear of the vehicle is mostly identical, with the exception of the upper side (which is fully occupied by a rear vent) and the tail lights (being a set of rectangle tail lights with reverse lights and license plate). A rear compartment is also visible, leading to the engine bay.

The interior is very detailed, modelled with 16 pairs of seats, as well as the driver's one, but can only carry 16 players.

The Bus is set to spawn in a white color on the lower side and 4 different colors, reflecting Los Angeles Metro buses:

Red and White color, resembling Los Angeles Metro's Rapid.
Orange and White color, resembling Los Angeles Metro's Local.
Blue and White color, resembling Los Angeles Metro's Express.
A rare Teal and White color scheme, resembling common LA buses.
In the enhanced version of the game, the Bus gains a new, high-detailed interior. It also sees the addition of side marker lights along the roofline, not present in the original version, but did appear on the Airport Bus. The enhanced version also sees the additional horn variations of varying pitch. The horn choice is randomized when the vehicle is spawned.